CVE-2020-35124
Published: 28 January 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-35124 is a critical-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Acquia Mautic. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 21.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-0482
Vulnerability details
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the assets component of Mautic before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to inject executable JavaScript through the Referer header of asset downloads.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.